Major Depressive Disorder: Felicia Case Study

Depression- the most diagnosed mental illness in the world- is also the most misunderstood. Depression?a sad or discontented mood?can leave a person feeling lethargic, unmotivated, or hopeless, and in some cases ? contemplate suicide. Unfortunately, depression usually begins as high levels of anxiety and with exposure to trauma in children. Higher levels of anxiety or exposure to stress-inducing and traumatic situations as a child could mean an increased risk of depression as an adult. Although a serious mental illness all over the world in

Major depressive disorder, we all have probably heard of it, but do we really know what is it is ? Major depressive disorder is “a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest… major depressive disorder or clinical depression, affects how you feel, think and behave and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems”(Mayo Clinic Staff). Having this disorder puts you in a very unstable position because you are constantly feeling depressed so it affects the way you think and feel and that can be very dangerous. Sometimes this happens to a person for one day, but put yourself in the shoes of someone who experiencing this for more than two weeks? When you have major depressive disorder, the signs of depression disorder can last for two weeks or more(myers646). This dis order must be treated immediately because “depression may make you feel as if life isn 't worth living”(Mayo Clinic Staff). Feeling this way can lead you to doing things that you can not take back such as committing suicide and sadly that can happen when you have major depressive disorder. Kiyohara and Yoshimasu conducted a research that showed that 90% of suicides have were dealing with major depressive disorder(qtd. in The World Health Organization). Throughout this paper I will be discussing the causes, symptoms and treatment when dealing with major depressive disorder.

The impact of Mrs. Smith’s anxiety and panic attacks takes a heavy toll on the family. Mrs. Smith has been the family member that maintains equilibrium for the family. Without her calming influence, Mr. Smith and Junior have lost their stability. Mrs. Smith provided the steady emotional balance in the family.

d. A nurse gives a PRN dose of an antipsychotic drug to a patient to prevent violent acting out because

One of these symptoms must include either depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure. This is further explored in the book as Klawans attempts to diagnose a girl, Marilou, with unusual symptoms. The child’s mother believes she has depression because she had stopped talking, seemed as if she had no concern for her surroundings, and paid little attention to her family or peers. It was later discovered by Klawans that she did not have depression, however, she had abnormal electrical charges in her left temporal lobe which inhibited her speech output and left her temporarily deaf. These symptoms, as shown, can be easily mistaken as depression, partially because it is such a commonly diagnosed disease.

Looking at the symptoms such as anxiety attacks, overeating, fear of accomplishment, fear of abandonment, and so forth—can be interpreted as outward manifestations of unconscious conflicts that have their origins in childhood experiences and defensive reaction to these experiences that are necessary to her as a child.

The main character’s “nervous condition” is most certainly postpartum depression.  This illness, along with many other mental illnesses, was little understood or recognized at this time.  At the beginning, the reader is told that the woman has a "temporary nervous depression-a slight hysterical tendency," as diagnosed by her physician husband “of high

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The inference of the narrators condition is that she has, ‘nervous depression’, a term mainly given to

The symptoms for this disorder include hopelessness, anxiety, loss of energy, changes in appetite, and even insomnia. Being that the narrator had recently given birth, these symptoms seem in line with postpartum depression. Therefore, if she was a real human today living in modern society, this is how she would be diagnosed. Her husband had removed her children from her life, which probably increased her anxiety and hopelessness. From the short story it seems the unnamed narrator didn’t put up much of a fight for her children and accepted her state.

The patient exhibited cues of overall withdrawal from daily activities, notably those he regularly enjoyed like “cooking for his girlfriend and caring for the house.”3 Along with the expressed concern from his children and the stated desire to no longer live. Sonja’s visual assessment of the gentleman appearing lost and confused standing in the hallway supported the patterns of depression. However, during her first visual glimpse of the elderly man in the hallway, Sonja noticed he was well groomed and dressed, which might not be typical of an individual with major depression who lacks the “motivation to do anything.”4 This cue was followed by his anxious voice combined with abnormal gait of stopping and shuffling his feet. These new visual and audible cues created a second hypothesis comparing the patterns Sonja had observed on a patient in the past. Through her interpretation of these new cues on examination and questioning the patient in greater detail, Sonja discovered that the source of the depression originates from the gentleman’s inability to adequately move around to perform daily activities to his standards. Interpreting these patterns as possibly the early stages of Parkinson’s disease, she referred him to the neurology department for further examination and her hypothesis was

Leading up to the hospitalization, Felicia experienced multiple stressors that all contributed to her condition. She experienced financial difficulties, which caused her a lot of stress and resulted in her attempt to, “take in people to help pay for rent”. Therefore, as an attempt to make her home presentable to potential renters, she stayed up for 36 hours cleaning and, during that time, had the illusion that there were bugs crawling in her skin, hair, and on her clothes. As a result, she threw away all of her clothes, bought new clothes, and called an exterminator to investigate the bugs, which she later found out was dirt. Other stress-related factors leading up to her episode included: menopause, long hours at work, and anxiety due to cleanliness. However, Felicia reported that finding out that her sister was diagnosed with invasive brain cancer, was “the final straw.” When asked to describe her symptoms during her episode, on a scale of 1-10 (1 being normal and 10 being out of control) Felicia

The following essay is a case study of a client named John who is suffering from major depression and was sent to see me for treatment by his concerned wife. I will provide brief background information about John then further discuss interventions and strategies I believe can be applied in each session with my client in order to make John's life more manageable. In the essay, I will be writing as the therapist, and the sessions are based on a ten week period.

Due to marked Sara’s fear one or more social situations, her concern is she will act in negative or embarrassing manner around other people and they will have a negative opinion of herself. Sara uneasiness has persisted more than six-months, sleep disturbance, restlessness and feeling keyed up. Sara’s worry has caused clinically significant distress. Furthermore, Sara’s turmoil is not attributed to physiological effects of substances, i.e. alcohol or marijuana. Her disturbance is not caused by another mental disorder. Furthermore, Sara childhood verbal and psychological abuse from her parents as evidence by demeaning comments “wish you were not born, why do you do this to the family”

Jessica is a twenty-eight-year-old married female who works at a large hospital. She has high expectations for herself because she has graduated with honors at both college and medical school. For the past few weeks, she has been feeling tired and unhappy. She has had a demanding and high stressful job at a large hospital for two years. She feels that she is unable to perform well at her job and has trouble concentrating at work and at home. She is uninterested in her usual activities and has many negative thoughts that keep her awake at night. Two diagnoses that best fit this case study are Major Depressive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder.